In the beginning there was Romance.... Well, not really, but God did create man and woman and from them came the idea of romance. What is Romance? Is Romance a rose, a poem, a work of art, a look, a touch, a kiss, a beautiful garment and how it is draped, an attitude, a way of perceiving the world, a fairy tale? Does Romance exist today in what is a very unromantic and cynical world? Is Romance still possible? Is Romance an anachronism, so therefore very dated? I hope to answer all of the above questions here and more.
I would define myself as a romantic. I relate more to the world previous to World War I better than I do to the present. I have long been a lover of history. When I was in elementary school and the teacher would take us to the weekly excursion to the school library, I would always approach the librarian with the request, "Do you have any more fairy tale books I can check out?"
I love the romantic ways of some of the people of history. There was the period of courtly love in the Middle Ages. There were many great and romantic figures bred especially in the middle 18th to early 19th centuries in Europe which influenced so much of western civilization through their artistry and lives, people like Lord Byron, Napoleon and his empress Josephine, and Jane Austen among others. I admire all of these because they epitomized in their own way the ideas of romanticism and romance. Along with love, conservation, and preservation this post modern age also is dying for romance, but the inhabitants of this age know it? Of course some people have a caveman and woman mentality and aren't interested.
This blog is going to be about romance not only in the past, but how to recapture romance and beauty in this time period. People have to be taught and exposed to romance in all its' forms. We learn romance by instinct like a bird learns to fly or a baby sea turtle knows within itself to head for the sea once it is hatched.
When I write about romance here, I will not only talk about romantic love, but also romance which encompasses a way of carrying oneself and viewing the world. Romance is the ultimate form of class. So lets begin exploring and learning about the concept of romance.
I would define myself as a romantic. I relate more to the world previous to World War I better than I do to the present. I have long been a lover of history. When I was in elementary school and the teacher would take us to the weekly excursion to the school library, I would always approach the librarian with the request, "Do you have any more fairy tale books I can check out?"
I love the romantic ways of some of the people of history. There was the period of courtly love in the Middle Ages. There were many great and romantic figures bred especially in the middle 18th to early 19th centuries in Europe which influenced so much of western civilization through their artistry and lives, people like Lord Byron, Napoleon and his empress Josephine, and Jane Austen among others. I admire all of these because they epitomized in their own way the ideas of romanticism and romance. Along with love, conservation, and preservation this post modern age also is dying for romance, but the inhabitants of this age know it? Of course some people have a caveman and woman mentality and aren't interested.
This blog is going to be about romance not only in the past, but how to recapture romance and beauty in this time period. People have to be taught and exposed to romance in all its' forms. We learn romance by instinct like a bird learns to fly or a baby sea turtle knows within itself to head for the sea once it is hatched.
When I write about romance here, I will not only talk about romantic love, but also romance which encompasses a way of carrying oneself and viewing the world. Romance is the ultimate form of class. So lets begin exploring and learning about the concept of romance.
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